We got our first eggs today. We found them by accident because we didn't think they would start laying in February. Son went into the hen house after a rooster (for Saturday dinner) and found 5 brown eggs. In hindsight, we now know why the roosters have been grabbing the hens by the neck and jumping on them.
The roosters have started to fight a bit too. One was actually bloodied-up today. We have 8 hens and 7 roosters. We isolated 2 roosters (for Saturday dinner) today. But we need to get down to 2 roosters for the 8 hens we have. I think we may have a suitable pen which we can use until I can build a second coop.
From the small holding in Bethune...
Oremus pro invicem!
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